SS #70: Arguing About Words (The Episode Formerly Known as the Bonus Episode)
Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas
Brandy Vencel
4.7 • 540 Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2020
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
We've been promising you a bonus episode for a while and today is the day! The only thing is, Abby made us do a Scholé Everyday, and then we talked too long, so we did the logical thing in this situation: we decided to make it a "real" episode. What does this mean for the season? Well, it'll just be longer. There will be nine episodes instead of our usual eight, making this a sort of bonus after all.
Today, we're discussing an article on education written by Steven Rummelsburg that originally appeared in The Imaginative Conservative called The Problem of Language and Our Schools. If you'd like to read the article before listening, just click here. This is a rousing conversation on an excellent topic and also ... listen up because we're making a very big announcement!
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Registration for spring training is now open! Titled "Great conversations about the Great Conversation: How to develop an understanding of a Socratic Seminar as it ought to be," this series of three sessions (LIVE at 5pm on May 11, 18, and 25) transcends all the crazy swirling around us and gets to the heart of truths that matter, even when things feel chaotic.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Skalais Sisters, episode number 70. |
| 0:11.5 | Welcome to Skalais Sisters, the podcast for the classical homeschooling mama, |
| 0:16.2 | who seeks to learn and grow while she's helping her children learn and grow. |
| 0:20.6 | Scalais Sisters is a casual conversation about topics that matter to those of us in the trenches |
| 0:25.6 | of classical homeschooling who yearn for something more than just checking boxes and getting it all |
| 0:31.0 | done. |
| 0:32.0 | I'm your host, Brandy Vensel. |
| 0:34.0 | You can find me at Afterthoughts. |
| 0:35.8 | That's where you'll find my thoughts on educational |
| 0:37.9 | philosophy and homeschooling as well as my Charlotte Mason study guides and workshops. |
| 0:43.7 | My co-hosts today are Misty Winkler and Abby Wall. Misty is a second-generation homeschooler |
| 0:50.5 | with five kids and too many projects. With her blog, podcast, and membership, |
| 0:55.7 | she helps you organize your attitude so you can organize your life. Find her over at simplyconvial.com. |
| 1:03.1 | Abby is, as you know, the queen of the Skolli sister's sister ship. Abby is a country-living farmer |
| 1:08.7 | and rancher, a loving wife, and mom of five who homeschools |
| 1:12.6 | and reads whenever she can. |
| 1:14.6 | I've been promising you a bonus episode for a while now, and today is the day. |
| 1:20.6 | The only thing is Abby made us do a scole every day, and then we talked too long. |
| 1:25.6 | So, we did the logical thing in this situation. |
| 1:29.0 | We decided to make it a real episode. |
| 1:31.4 | What does this mean for the season? |
| 1:33.4 | Well, it'll just be longer. |
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